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Shorter WaPo: Are newspaper editors cowards? | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/wapo/June 23, 2020- Michael Cavna sums up a rough fortnight for political cartoonists and newspaper editors, and asks an important question: What if publishers decide it’s too much trouble to do their damn job?  https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/06/23/political-cartoons-racist-small-newspapers/ “In my mind, editorial cartoons are expendable. None of them are produced by our staff, and rarely...
Remembering Sandy Huffaker | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/remembering-sandy-huffaker/May 26, 2020- Sad news—cartoonist Sandy Huffaker has died at age 73. A prolific artist with a signature style, Sandy got his start at newspapers like the the News & Observer before jumping to doing covers for TIME and dozens of national magazines.  Huffaker returned to editorial cartooning after 9/11. A long-time...
Cartoonist Bil Canfield dies at 99 | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist-bil-canfield-dies-at-99/February 5, 2020- NJ.com has reported that cartoonist Bil Canfield has died. Canfield was the staff cartoonist for The Star-Ledger until retiring in 1995, and he continued to draw for a local papers in Arizona until a year before his death. Amazingly enough, Canfield got his start drawing for The Racing Form, and...
Remembering Charlie Hebdo 5 years later | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/remembering-charlie-hebdo-5-years-later/January 10, 2020- This week saw the 5th anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack on the Parisian weekly satirical Charlie Hebdo. France and cartoonists worldwide remember. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/france-remembers-charlie-hebdo-victims-anniversary-200107164754227.html ~ The cartoonists and satirists of #CharlieHebdo never wanted to be martyrs for #freespeech. This Washington Post piece from 2018 looks at the uneasy fit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/a-terrorist-attack-turned-charlie-hebdo-into-a-revered-institution-it-never-sought-to-be/2018/05/25/c5a392d8-4e11-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html ~...
Start the year off supporting a good cause | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/start-the-year-off-supporting-a-good-cause/January 2, 2020- Per his last wishes, donations of funds in Tom Spurgeon’s name can now be made to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in support of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) programming. This annual festival has become a key destination for cartoonists in just 5 short years. The AAEC and its...
Remembering Tom Spurgeon | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/remembering-tom-spurgeon-2/December 15, 2019- For those who couldn’t make Tom Spurgeon’s memorial service yesterday, here’s a lovely remembrance of @comicsreporter by the local paper. We love that his ashes will be interred at the Billy Ireland @CartoonLibrary, meaning Tom will still be at every show & museum exhibit going forward. https://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20191212/final-dispatch-from-comics-reporter-tom-spurgeon-1968-2019...
Remembering Tom Spurgeon | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/remembering-tom-spurgeon/November 22, 2019- Friends of Tom Spurgeon collect their memories of the influential comics reporter and critic, who died suddenly this month at age 50:Â http://www.tcj.com/memories-of-tom-spurgeon/. Spurgeon was a unique and ubiquitous presence in the industry, and his website The Comics Reporter was required daily reading. His friend Douglas Wolk recently posted the last...
RiP cartoonist Mike Lane | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/rip-cartoonist-mike-lane/November 18, 2019- Word comes that long-time Baltimore cartoonist Mike Lane has passed away. Lane was at the Evening Sun for decades, and later joined Daryl Cagle’s online venture. Lane’s loose easy style had a Mad Magazine flair but hid a sharp, stinging wit. His long-time friend and coworker Dan Rodricks remembers the cartoonist....
A statement of solidarity with the Capital Gazette | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/a-statement-of-solidarity-with-the-capital-gazette/June 29, 2018- "We stand with our brothers & sisters at the Capital Gazette. Journalism is the only profession specifically protected in the Constitution, yet our lives are under daily threat these days from those who would silence inconvenient facts & informed opinions." — Pat Bagley, President AAEC...
Remembering Nick Meglin | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/remembering-nick-meglin/June 3, 2018- Some sad news: Long-time MAD magazine editor (and friend of the AAEC) Nick Meglin died suddenly yesterday of a heart attack. Nick was a key component of MAD's success over the years before retiring in 2004, and a friend to many editorial cartoonists. He lived in North Carolina and...
